The following five Friday facts come via an Economix blog post on NY Times. Carbon emissions from San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose, California were the lowest among American metropolitan areas, but “are still more than four times the emissions in the brownest Chinese city (Daqing) and 10 times as high as the household [...]
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Five Friday Facts
June 25th, 2010 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in China, Conservation, Eric Wilson 
Tags: California, Carbon Dioxide, Coal, Energy Conservation, New York City 
No Comments »Greener Than Thou: Holy Wisdom Monastery Achieves Highest LEED Score Ever
June 23rd, 2010 Eric Wilson My dad, an avid reader of AARP, came across this story about the LEED-NC (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – New Construction) certified building at Holy Wisdom Monestary in Middleton, Wisconsin. The LEED rating system is based on points earned for completing/qualifying various levels of green building. Currently, there are 69 possible points that [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building, Recylcing, Renewable Energy Tags: Geothermal, LEED, New York City, USGBC No Comments »Green Dry Cleaning Takes Off
June 19th, 2010 Eric Wilson Many successful green technologies replace existing ones with little to no transition. This includes cost, appearance (in the case of building materials and other consumer goods), and ease of use. While dry cleaning is ripe for a more eco-friendly approach, it is expensive. In order for a new product to be sustainable it must be [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Products Tags: California, Carbon Dioxide, Denver, Farmer's Market, Green Technology, New York City 1 Comment »May 2010 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
May 3rd, 2010 Eric Wilson On or around the first of every month, 2nd Green Revolution updates the green events calendar for the coming month. Last November we began including a post highlighting some of the intriguing events for that month. Unlike past months where many of the events on the calendar take place abroad, May showcases numerous conferences, workshops, [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Calendar, Clean Energy, Lifecycle, New Urbanism, New York City, NYC Green Buildings No Comments »March 2010 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
March 1st, 2010 Eric Wilson On or around the first of every month, 2nd Green Revolution updates the green events calendar for the coming month. Last November we began including a post highlighting some of the intriguing events for that month. Many of the events on the calendar for March take place in India and China. Half of the events [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: Bio-fuels, Biomass, Biomimicry, Calendar, California, New York City, Santa Barbara No Comments »Trash Goes Clean: Hybrid Garbage Collectors
December 8th, 2009 Eric Wilson While there is more news than we can possibly cover, there were a number of intriguing stories covered by The New York Times recently that deserve mention. Included was an article about hybrid garbage trucks. In New York City, a number of trucks have been retrofitted with hybrid drivetrains. Because these vehicles start and stop [...]
USGBC Announces New Building Performance Initiative
September 26th, 2009 Eric Wilson In a recent email sent out to its members, the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that their new Building Performance Initiative “will be in full swing with the first of five summits planned to raise the level of discussion about how we can ensure that all green buildings perform the way they are [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building Tags: California, Greenbuild Expo, LEED, New York City, Triple Bottom Line, USGBC, Washington DC No Comments »Why Sustainable Development Has Failed
July 19th, 2009 Eric Wilson Late last month I attended the National Association of Independent School’s Institute for Leadership in Sustainability. As part of the conference, most of the attendees stayed at a hotel near the airport which had a shuttle back and forth to the airport. In addition, the host of the institute – Woodward Academy – provided a [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Op-Ed, Sustainable Development, Transportation Tags: Bus, Los Angeles, NAIS, New York City, Public Transit, Trains No Comments »
